How many building places does the Building Service look at each month to see If things are
A.700.
B.900.
C.We don't know.
A.700.
B.900.
C.We don't know.
How many floors are there in the building?
A.Forty.
B.Thirty.
C.Four.
How many pieces of artwork are in the building?
A.50
B.150
C.200
D.250
A rancher is building an open-ended (straight) fence by string wire between posts 25 meters apart. If the fence is 100 meters long, how many posts should the rancher use?
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.5
How many children were dead in the fire?
A.3.
B.4.
C.8.
D.9.
听力原文: I wonder how many of you would want to work in a tall building such as the Empire State Building if you had to climb 102 flights of stairs to reach the top. Not many, I imagine. If it were not for the invention of elevators, or lifts, tall buildings would be unusable.
The first lift was just a box suspended on a rope. Using a series of pulleys, a group of oxen or strong men would pull the rope and lift the box to a higher point. Lifts were used only for heavy materials, not passengers. Even in the nineteenth century, when steam power was used to operate the lifts, people didn' t ride them. They didn' t trust the rope that held the Box.
In 1853, Elisha G. Otis invented the first safe lift. He showed his invention in New York at the Crystal Palace Exhibition. At the exhibition, Otis was pulled up in an open box that was attached to two guide rails. When he was lifted far above the spectators, he gave the order to cut the rope. To the amazement of the crowd, the lift did not fall straight downward to the floor. Instead, it was held fast to the guide mils by a certain device. He had built powerful metal clamps on the carriage as a safety measure. The demonstration worked, end people have been riding as passengers in elevators ever since.
(30)
A.Disadvantages of tall buildings.
B.Modern elevators.
C.The Crystal Palace Exhibition.
D.The invention of the elevator.
听力原文:M: Could you tell me where our library is?
W: It's in the building next to ours.
M: Is it the big white one?
W: Yes, a great number of books are kept in the library. It has books in Chinese, English, Russian, German, French and many other languages.
M: Are there any reading rooms in the building?
W: Of course. How can it be a library without reading moms? There are quite a number of reading rooms with newspapers and magazines in them on the first and second floors.
M: When is it open?
W: It is open every clay except Sunday.
M: I see. Library is always a busy place. I want to borrow an English hook. I hear "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is very interesting. Have you read it?
W: Yes, I enjoyed it very much. It's worth reading.
M: I wonder if you could tell me how to look it up in the card 'catalogue?
W: Certainly. It is written by Mark Twain. So you can either look it up under "A" for the writer, or "T" for the title.
M: Thank you for your great help to me. How long can I keep it?
W: You're welcome. You can keep it for two weeks. When it is due, it should be returned.
Where is the library?
A.It is the big white building.
B.It is next to their building.
C.It is in the school.
D.It is very far from their home.
How many total sets of recycling bins will be placed in the building?
A.3
B.4
C.5
D.6
Most stockbrokers offer bargain-basement deals on postal trades. They are ideal for selling a small holding for the lowest possible 【C3】______
But the arrangements leave investors 【C4】______ the mercy of the Royal Mail and a seller will not know 【C5】______ how much a sale will produce.
Data 【C6】______ engineer Mark Stanistreet of Bradford sold by post after buying a few National Power and PowerGen shares when they were privatized.
He says: "I 【C7】______ really know where to go to for help. An information 【C8】______ with the shares gave details of Yorkshire Building Society's share shop service, which offered to sell for a flat fee of £5. "
"It was an ideal first step that showed me how easy and cheap it is to sell shares. I 【C9】______ in a small way since then."
"I use Yorkshire's telephone service, which has a £9 minimum fee."
Many stock brokers offer postal deals as part of their usual dealing services, but clients may 【C10】______ sell only big company or privatization shares this way. ShareLink's minimum postal commission is 7.50, Skipton Building Society's is 9 and Nat West's is 9.95.
【C1】______
A.private
B.privatizing
C.privatitive
D.privatization
How many children were there in the school?
A.114.
B.About 200.
C.900.
D.More than 1,000.
听力原文:M: Hi, Catherine. Haven't seen you for a long time. How is your vocation?
W: Terrific ! I went to Washington D. C. to visit my cousin. I saw the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and the White House.
M: What a pity is that I've never been there. What do you like best?
W: No doubt the White House. It's been the official home of the American presidents since 1800.
M: I didn't know the history of it. Is it really as nice as everyone says it is?
W: It's a two - story building built of stones. But it is simple and dignified. It was named the White House after the British burned it in the war of 1812.
M: I remember now. The president then was James Madison. And his wife Dolly ran out of the burning building carrying the portrait of George Washington.
W: That's right, it's hanging in the East Room now.
M: How big is the White House?
W: There are one hundred thirty - two rooms inside it and covers eighteen acres of land outside. It has to be painted every four years.
M: How much are the visitors allowed to visit?
W: Only six rooms are open to the public. It's a popular, and there are always too many people waiting for their turns.
When was the White House built?
A.1800.
B.1600.
C.1812
D.1884